Let’s Go Fly a Kite.
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
~Joseph Campbell
I have found myself along a path I never imagined. I’m engaged at eighteen, have only had a semester and two weeks of major university/college under my belt. I’m currently going to a community college, and I have no plan. I have no clue what I would like to do.
I forced myself to realize this is acceptable. The “normal” path is wrong for me. It was wrong for my sister as well. I shunned her when she chose happiness over the path. And now I find myself doing exactly that. I choose happiness.
And just recently my long time penpal of nearly ten years now, has visited me from Europe. She’s traveling the world before she goes to “Uni.” So far, she’s covered the east coast of the US traveling by bus from New York to D.C, from there she hit Philly, and memphis, now she’s in Austin on her way to the Grand Canyon and up the west coast. From there she’ll be going to Australia, Nam, and Hong Kong.
She has inspired me. Once I accepted the norm is not for me, I was open to this sort of experiment and idea of real life learning. You don’t get acedemic credit for it, but it’s worth so much more. She described to me the ease of moving through countries in Europe, and I’ve now decided that after I finish my associates in Art History, or something to that effect, I’ll work and save money. Once I’ve saved enough i’ll set out on a journey through the European countries. Maybe then I’ll have a better idea of who I’d like to be, and what i’d like to be doing with my life.
